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Vimala sa - Construction of the Jain temples at Kumbharia may be ascribed to the middle of the eleventh century.
Sirohi : Inhabited mostly by the Jains or Sravūkas--16 Jain temples, the earliest and largest being that of Chäumukhji.
Mirpur : An old Jain temple, spoken of as one dedicated to Godinātha. Three small modern Jain temples containing a few old inscribed Jain images.
Jhadoli : A Jain temple dedicated to śāntinātha, originally dedicated to Mahāvīra. An inscription-stone recording installation by Śrī Devachandra Sūri of an image of Rişabhanātha.
Pindwara : An inscription in the temple of Mahāvira recording installation of an image of Vardhamāna in Samvat 1665 in the village of Pimdaravadaka, i, e., Pindwara. Deposition in the temple of old brass images found in a Jain temple at Vasantgadh.
Nandia : Temple of Mahāvīra.
Ajari : A Jain temple dedicated to Mahāvīra.
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Vatantgadh : A Jain temple-Inscription on a Jain image, recording installation of the image of Vasantapura, i. e. Vasantgadh in the reign of Kumbhakarņa in 1450 A. D. Brass images unearthed and deposited in Mahāvira's temple at Pindwara.
Vasa : The temple of Jagadiśa Mabādeva, originally a Jain and then converted into a Brahmanic temple.
Pp. 56-63. Inscriptions (short abstracts and noted):
Ramgarh : No. 2126. Recording the name of the person and his relatives who caused the Jain image to be made.
Bijolia : Nos. 2137-2138. Contain the names, and describe the glory, of certain pontiffs of the Digambaras or as therein called, of Sarasvati gachchha. Balātkara-gaņa, Sri-Müla sangha in the line of the Achārya Kundakunda. The names of the pontiffs :
(1) Vasantakirtideva, (2) Viśālakirtideva, (3) Subhakirtideva, (4) Dharmachandradeva, (5) Ratnakīrtideva, (6) Prabhachandradeva, (7) Padmanandi, and (8) Subhachandradeva. They are dated in A. D. 1408 and 1426.
No. 2139. Engravings of the names of Bhattāraka Sri-Pandmanandideva and Bhattāraka Sri-Subhachandradeva.
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